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Mo Ibrahim

Sudanese-British businessman

PersonAge 80humanQ1374752

Also known as Mohammed Ibrahim

Born: May 3, 1946
Birthplace: Sudan
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: engineer
, businessperson
, scientist
+2 more
Education: Alexandria University
, University of Bradford
, University of Birmingham
Employer: London Business School
, BT Group
, Celtel
Spouse: Hania Morsi Fadl
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Sir Mohammed Fathi Ahmed Ibrahim is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman. He worked for several telecommunications companies, before founding Celtel, which, when sold, had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa regional advisory board of London Business School.

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Named after them

1 linked to Mo Ibrahim in Wikidata

MMo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership2007 · award

Founded

1 linked to Mo Ibrahim in Wikidata

TTheCable2011 · Online newspaper in Nigeria

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47 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
Given name: Mo
Muhammad
Ibrahim
Awards: Global Economy Prize(2013)
2
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1.ifw-kiel.de/konfer/wwp
2.ifw-kiel.de/de/institut/veranstaltungen/preisverleihungen/weltwirtschaftlicher-preis/
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Residence: Monte Carlo
Family name: Ibrahim
Child: Hadeel Ibrahim
Participant in: IMF 2021 Annual Meetings subject named as: Mo Ibrahim · affiliation string: Mo Ibrahim Foundation
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Sources
1.meetings.imf.org/en/2021/Annual/Schedule?p=1Retrieved 2023-02-00
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Affiliation string: Mo Ibrahim Foundation
1
Sources
1.meetings.imf.org/en/2021/Annual/Schedule?p=1Retrieved 2023-02-00
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Name in native language: إبراهيم محمد بكار
Religion or worldview: Islam

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